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Read the following passage very carefully and answer the questions: In every country people imagine that they are the best and the most clever and the others are not so good as they are. An Englishman thinks that he and his country are the best; a French is very proud of France. The Germans and Italians imagine that india is in many ways the greatest country in the world. This is wrong. Everybody wants to think well of himself and his country. But really there is no person who has not got some good and some bad qualities. In the same way, there is no country which is not partly good and partly bad. We must take the good wherever it may be. We are, of course, most concerned with our own country, India. Unhappily, it is in a bad way today. Most of our people are poor and unhappy. They have no joy in their lives. We have to find out how we can make them happier. We have to see what is good in our ways and customs and try to keep it and whatever is bad have to be thrown away. If we find anything good in other countries, we should certainly take it.QUESTIONS: 1. What do people think in every country? 2. What do Germans and Italians imagine? 3. What must we do? 4. In what way india is bad today? 5. What should be tour attitude towards other countries? 6. Find out the opposite words (antonyms) for the following.(a) Worst (b) sorrow (c) III (d) least

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Read the following passage very carefully and answer the questions:

There seems to be a general opinion in this country that Sardar Patel was rather of a harsh and rough temperament. People used to call him Iron man in the sense that, one could rely on him for strict and efficient administration. But as a man, those who had good fortune of coming into close contact with him, he was kind and considerate. At times, he even became emotional, where his personal friends and followers were concerned. However, it goes without saying that the sardar had great skills in organizing affairs He knew the way of picking people and putting them in their proper places. Once he judged a man and found him correct, he trusted him fully and got him to do anything he wanted.1. Why was Sardar Patel called the Iron man of India? 2. What kind of man was Sardar Patel in his private life? 3. When did Sardar Patel use to become emotional? 4. Where did the great skills of Sardar Patel lie?

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